Abstract:
Provided is an annealing apparatus, which is free from a problem of reduced light energy efficiency resulted by the reduction of light emission amount due to a heat generation and capable of maintaining stable performance. The apparatus includes: a processing chamber 1 for accommodating a wafer W; heating sources 17a and 17b including LEDs 33 and facing the surface of the wafer W to irradiate light on the wafer W; light-transmitting members 18a and 18b arranged in alignment with the heating sources 17a and 17b to transmit the light emitted from the LEDs 33; cooling members 4a and 4b supporting the light-transmitting members 18a and 18b at opposite side to the processing chamber 1 to make direct contact with the heating sources 17a and 17b and made of a material of high thermal conductivity; and a cooling mechanism for cooling the cooling members 4a and 4b with a coolant.
Abstract:
An annealing apparatus includes heating sources 17a and 17b provided to face a wafer W, the heating sources 17a and 17b having LEDs 33 emitting lights to the wafer; light-transmitting members 18a and 18b for transmitting the lights emitted from the LEDs 33; and cooling members 4a and 4b made of aluminum and provided to directly contact with the heating sources 17a and 17b, respectively. The heating sources 17a and 17b include a plurality of LED arrays having supporters 32 made of AlN, each having one surface on which the LEDs 33 are adhered by using a silver paste 56; and other surface on which thermal diffusion members 50 made of copper are adhered by using a solder 57. The LED arrays 34 are fixed to the cooling member 4a(4b) by using screws via a silicon grease.
Abstract:
In some examples, a differential comparator includes a differential amplifier configured to output differential output signals, a first switch portion configured to input the differential output signals from the differential amplifier and output the differential output signals from output terminals while alternatively changing over the output terminals, a latch portion configured to update and latch the differential output signals from the output terminals of the first switch portion, and a second switch portion configured to input output signals from the latch portion and output the latched output signals. The first switch portion and the second switch portion are changed over complementarily so that the differential output signals from the differential amplifier are always outputted from the same first and second output terminals of the second switch portion respectively.
Abstract:
The present invention relates particularly to a process for producing phase shift layer-containing photomasks, which can produce phase shift photomasks through a reduced or limited number of steps to reduce or limit the incidence of phase shifter pattern deficiencies or other defects and at lower costs as well.For instance, a photomask blank of the structure that a substrate is provided thereon with an electrically conductive layer and a light-shielding thin film in this order is used to coat a starting material for spin-on-glass uniformly on a light-shielding pattern formed thereon. A pattern is directly drawn on the coated spin-on-glass layer with energy beams emanating from electron beam exposure hardware, etc., and the substrate is developed with a solvent after pattern drawing with energy beams to wash off an excessive spin-on-glass portion other than the spin-on-glass layer irradiated with the ionizing radiations. Finally, the post-development substrate is baked to form a phase shifter pattern.
Abstract:
An automatic control system controls a controlled variable serving as an object 2 to be controlled so that the object 2 approaches a predetermined target value, by means of an optimum regulator 4. The automatic control system include: a gain setting section 48 for setting a gain; a comparing section 48 for comparing the target value with the controlled variable serving as the object; and a weight control section 50 for weighting the gain set by the gain setting section so as to increase the weight from 0 to 1 within a predetermined period of time and for deriving a corrected manipulated variable in response to the time when a difference between the target value and the controlled variable comes within a range of a predetermined percentage of the target value, so that the corrected manipulated variable is added to the manipulated variable derived by the optimum regulator. Thus, the gain is controlled so as to gradually increase only within a restricted range, so that it is possible to quickly and accurately control an object.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a phase shift photomask in which the peripheral region portion of a phase shift layer is removed by a relatively simple procedure and which has no or little defect and is inexpensive, a blank therefor, and a process for fabricating them. The process includes the steps of forming phase shift layer 23 all over the surface of one side of transparent substrate 21, and immersing only the peripheral region of substrate 21 in etching solution 25 to etch away the peripheral region of phase shift layer 23, whereby phase shift layer 27 is confined within an area smaller than that of substrate 21.
Abstract:
The invention provides a halftone phase shift photomask that is of much more simplified structure and so can be fabricated much more easily, which comprises a transparent substrate 10 and a single halftone light-blocking and phase shift layer 11 that is formed on the surface thereof according to a predetermined pattern and is made up of a material of homogeneous composition, characterized in that:said single halftone light-blocking and phase shift layer has a film thickness d that is virtually equal to a value defined byd=.lambda./{2(n-1)}where .lambda. is the wavelength at which the photomask is used, and n is the index of refraction of the single layer, or that is an odd-numbered multiple of said value, and has a transmittance lying substantially in the range of 5 to 30%. The layer 11 may be made up of any of CrO.sub.x, CrN.sub.x, CrO.sub.x N.sub.y and CrO.sub.x N.sub.y C.sub.z.
Abstract translation:本发明提供了一种半色调相移光掩模,其结构非常简化,因此可以更容易地制造,其包括透明基板10和在其表面上形成的单个半色调光阻挡和相移层11,根据 由均匀组成的材料构成,其特征在于:所述单个半色调遮光和相移层的膜厚d实质上等于由d =λ/ {2( n-1)}其中λ是使用光掩模的波长,n是单层的折射率,或者是所述值的奇数倍,并且具有基本上在该范围内的透射率 为5〜30%。 层11可以由CrO x,CrN x,CrO x N y和CrO x N y C z中的任一种构成。
Abstract:
The invention is directed to a phase shift photomask for which a film made of a material capable of providing an etching stopper layer that excels in etching selectivity and can interrupt etching surely and automatically, and provides a phase shift photomask at least comprising a substrate 30 and a phase shifter pattern made of a material composed mainly of silicon oxide that is provided on the surface of the substrate directly or with an opaque layer 37 interposed therebetween, said phase shift photomask being characterized in that the surface 30 is provided on the surface with an etching stopper layer 30 that comprises a mixture of Al.sub.2 O.sub.3 with MgO, ZrO.sub.2, Ta.sub.2 O.sub.5 or HfO, or CrO.sub.x, CrN.sub.y, CrC.sub.z, CrO.sub.x N.sub.y, CrO.sub.x C.sub.z or CrO.sub.x N.sub.y C.sub.z, or MgF.sub.2-2x O.sub.y, CaF.sub.2-2x O.sub.y, LiF.sub.2-2x O.sub.y, BaF.sub.2-2x O.sub.y, La.sub.2 F.sub.6-2x O.sub.y or Ce.sub.2 F.sub.6-2x O.sub.y, whereby the etching stopper layer is allowed to etch a transparent film for a phase shifter surely and accurately, when making a phase shifter pattern by etching.
Abstract translation:本发明涉及一种相移光掩模,其中由能够提供蚀刻选择性优异并且可以中断和自动中断蚀刻的蚀刻阻挡层的材料制成的膜,并且提供至少包括基板30的相移光掩模和 由主要由氧化硅构成的材料制成的移相器图案,其直接设置在基板的表面上,或者设置在其间的不透明层37,所述相移光掩模的特征在于,表面30设置在表面上 蚀刻阻挡层30,其包含Al 2 O 3与MgO,ZrO 2,Ta 2 O 5或HfO,或CrO x,CrN y,CrC z,CrO x N y,CrO x C z或CrO x N y C z或MgF 2 -2 x O y,CaF 2 -2 x O y,LiF 2 -2 x O y,BaF 2 -2 x O y,La 2 F 6 -2xOy或Ce2F6-2x Oy,从而当通过蚀刻制造移相器图案时,可以确切地和准确地蚀刻蚀刻停止层用于移相器的透明膜。
Abstract:
A click tone removing system for a time division switching system which performs switching of speech channels by a highway switch inserted in a highway. When a hook information detector and a dial information detector detect hook information and a dial information, respectively, delivery of a PCM speech sending signal to the highway is prevented by a blocking function for a fixed period of time, so that the highway is controlled to switch the speech channel, thereby removing a click tone generated by dialing. A subscriber's circuit of an exchange, which changes over a speech sending highway and a speech receiving highway by means of a highway switch, is characterized by the provision of an A/D converter for digitizing a speech sending signal to a digitized speech sending signal sent out to the speech sending highway, a D/A converter for converting a digitized speech receiving signal applied from the speech receiving highway into an analog signal, a gate for gating the input signal to the D/A converter, and a control circuit for controlling the gate, so that during real time processing the speech receiving signal highway is interrupted by opening and closing the gate without controling the higway switch.
Abstract:
Disclosed is a substrate processing method wherein the infrared absorptance or infrared transmittance of a substrate to be processed is measured in advance, and the substrate is processed according to the measured value while independently controlling temperatures at least in a first region located in the central part of the substrate and in a second region around the first region using temperature control means which are respectively provided for the first region and the second region and can be controlled independently from each other.